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cthulian_axioms ago

I was trying to explain to folks a year ago that Bernie was forced to bend the knee in order to remain unframed for child molestation or possession of child pornography. I was called all sorts of nasty names and generally ignored; this despite the fact that CTR shills got Bernie-supporters' Facebook pages deleted by literally spamming them with CP. Where would they have gotten the material from? Why did no one get in trouble for it?

Then the whole Pizzagate thing broke shortly after Bernie bent the knee, which solidifies my point even more.

quantokitty ago

Know that major pushback signals you're right. I learned that the hard way. Silly me for thinking that when I posted something and got called horrendous names that the post was tantamount to a "shit post". Slowly, the lightbulb went on when I saw really great posters being attacked with the same tactics.

While it's conjecture as to what the blackmail could be, yours is the logical conclusion. If not, it had to be pretty big stuff for a viable candidate to agree to the farce. Could be he was profiting from sordid criminal activities. Again, speculation. There is no proof except for this. And, yes, the FB postings are telling. It's all evidence and you wonder when the actual charges will be filed.

cthulian_axioms ago

profiting from sordid criminal activities

As much as I am a rabid Bernie supporter, I will admit that the matter of his wife Jane running Burlington College into the ground and leaving with a gold-plated parachute is suspicious as fuck. You can smell the stink of it from atop Mount Mansfield with the right wind conditions.

While that kind of scandal would mar Bernie's squeaky-clean reputation, financial misdealings can often be explained away fairly easily. "The College's investment portfolio underperformed; expected donations did not materialize; mistakes were made; I am giving back my severance package." There you go.

Note that this wouldn't excuse Jane and Bernie in the moral sense, but in the legal sense, I don't think they'd really get nailed for it.

Nah. It had to have been CP. David Brock is sitting on a mountain of it.

quantokitty ago

I totally agree with you. A spouse's financial dealings aren't career breakers.

Had to be something HUGE! CP is HUGE! If proven, you never get your career back.

AssFaceSandwich2 ago

Excited speculation is still speculation. Scandal is scandal, especially if mostly clean like Bernie. This might not even fit into Clinton's jam-packed folder. If they really had CP or something like that Bernie wouldn't have broken out once he saw the numbers were there.

Repeat: If Bernie was CP compromised he would't have tried to go all the way once he saw the numbers.